Crime Statistics for Brown’s Green, Birmingham, Birmingham, 2024

Crime statistics for Brown’s Green, Birmingham

There were a total of 475 street level crime incidents in Brown’s Green in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Brown’s Green, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime188
Vehicle Crime62
Burglary43
Other Theft39
Criminal Damage Arson36
Public Order27
Anti Social Behaviour20
Robbery19
Shoplifting13
Drugs8
Theft From The Person8
Other Crime7
Possession Of Weapons4
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime475

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Brown’s Green. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Brown’s Green

We've taken the ten nearest places to Brown’s Green and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Brown’s Green has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Handsworth Wood (0.88 miles)794
Tame (1.2 miles)595
Brown’s Green475
Handsworth (0.88 miles)463
Sandwell (1.75 miles)442
Mayer’s Green (1.86 miles)389
Tower Hill (0.88 miles)280
Tame Valley Canal (1.06 miles)280
Hamstead (1.24 miles)182
Newton (1.39 miles)80

38.17%
of Handsworth Wood residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Brown’s Green?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Brown’s Green and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Handsworth Wood324
Tame269
Sandwell209
Handsworth192
Brown’s Green188
Mayer’s Green172
Tame Valley Canal120
Tower Hill112
Hamstead63
Newton35

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Brown’s Green?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Brown’s Green to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Brown’s Green compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Brown’s Green and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Brown’s Green is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1Handsworth83
2Lozells79
3Birchfield79
4Holyhead76
5West Bromwich Central74
6Handsworth Wood66
7Charlemont with Grove Vale63
8Aston60
9St Pauls54
10Newton53
11Smethwick52

Which road in Brown’s Green has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Brown’s Green with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Denewood Avenue.

Last updated: January 2024
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